J. Kenji López-Alt is the Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats, author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab, and a columnist for Cooking Light. He lives in San Francisco. A New York native, Kenji cut his cooking chops the old-fashioned way by working his way up through the ranks of some of Boston's finest restaurants. With an education in science and engineering and as a former Senior Editor at Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen, Kenji is fascinated by the ways in which understanding the science of every day cooking can help improve even simple foods. His first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science will be released this September, followed by a second volume in September of 2017.

Santana Row, CA: Cooking Demo and Signing

Visit Santana Row and meet J. Kenji López-Alt the Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats, and author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab, where he unravels the science of home cooking. J. Kenji López-Alt will host a quick demo plus Q&A in Santana Row Park (across from Left Bank Brasserie) at 12 p.m. Immediately following will sign his New York Times best-selling cookbook The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, inside Sur La Table.

The Q&A is free and open to the public. All cookbooks must be purchased at Sur La Table Santana Row to receive signature.